Storage-battery connector



Wl H. PALMER, 1R. STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED MARZS, 1917.

' 1,383,845. Patented July 5,1921.v

lrroawfx UNITED" STATE PATET. ortie.

PENNSYLVALA, ASSIGNOR T0 THE ELEC- STORAGE-BATTERY CONNECTOR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PALMER, yJ r., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Wyncote, in the county of ontgomery and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new vand useful Storage-Batteryv Connector, ofwhich the following is a specification.

A variety of 'cable terminal connections are in use with storagebateries and especially with the storage batteries used to-furnish powerfor engine cranking an-d lighting on gasole'ne automobiles. Theseconnections differ on car's of different makes and models both in theconstruction of the cable terminal used and', for a cable -terminal of agiven construction, in the position in -w ich it must be connected tothe battery, an which is determined by the direction from which thecable, which forms a fixed part of the wiring system of the car,approadies' the battery compartment. This has led to consider-4 ableconfusion and expense due to the fact that it has been necessary to.supply batteries special as to their connectors to suit the specialconstruction and arrangement of the cable terminals of the various cars.

The principal object of fthe present invention is to provide a batteryconnector which can be used to connect a battery to a variety of cableterminals or to the terminals of cables approaching the battery from avariety of directions; or in other words, to -provide a batteryconnector of a morev or less universal, character.

The invention will `hereofbut will be rst embodiment of it chosen forthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is an end view of abattery connector embodying features of the invention.

Fig. 2, is a side-view', with, the cap-screw 'and washer removed.

Fig. 3, is a sectional cap-'screw and washer. Y,

Fig.. 4, is a perspective view showing the battery connectorV inassociation with one form ofpconducto'r or cable terminal or' lug, andFigs. 5,6, and 7, are views Ashowing other forms of cable or conductorterminals or lugs with which the battery connector of my invention isadapted for use.

In theudrawings 1l isa pillanpost clamp be claimed at the end describedwith the illustration in view showing the Specication of Letters 1'atent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application led March 28, 1917. Serial No. 157,908.

and 2, is an internally reversely tapered opening arranged crosswise ofthe and having faced end walls 3 and 4 and provided upon its tapped asat 6. 7 is a cap-screw and. 8...,is a washer. The clamp is shown asy ofthe BATTERY COMPANY, oErnILADELrIIIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A conclamp body witha face portion 5 I split variety and 9 1s 'a bolt forclamping y andunclamping it. In use the` battery connector` is a plied to as by meansof t e clamp the pillar-'post a, 1, and of course the battery connectormay be arranged in' any required position. If

vdesired the end of a conductor b may .be bared and inserted through-theopening -2 and connected with the terminal by the use of metal that canbe poured in whilemelted, or bythe use of the' cap-screw 7 or by the useof both of these or equivalent means. Such an arrangement is indicatedin Fig". 5. The battery connector' may be connected with a cableterminal or lug c, of the'jvariety shown in Fig. 6, by placing the partc 'on the face portion 5 and 4clampingit to. place by means of thecap-screw l7. The battery connector may be connected with the type ofcable terminal or lug shown in Fig. 7 by placing the plug d in thetapered opening 2 and drawing it to place by means of the cap-screw y7Aand 'for this purpose lthe washer 8 is placed at the end 3 or 4,according as the plug d is inserted from the right or left. '.Ihetype'of cable terminal-oralugl i e, shown 1n of the battery connectorand secured to lace by the bolt f which is a provision o the cableterminal and which passes through-the opening 2.

From

state of the art and the appended claims may requlre.

What I cla-im isz. y

1. A storage battery conducting connector comprising a pillar-post splitclamp and an Fig. 4, is applied over the bo`d'y il th foregoingdescription ittisevi-v dent that the described battery connector is a5apply. It is also internally reversely tapered opening renging crosswseor the clamp and having faced end Walls and provided upon its body witha capped face portion, and a cap-Screw, substantially as described.

2. A storage battery conducting connector comprising a pillar-post splitclamp :ind an internally reversely tapered openingranging crossivise oi1the clamp and having faced end Walls and provided upon its'body with etapped face'portion and e cap-screw, and

a Washer, Substantially as .described 3. A storage battery connectorcomprising a structure of which *the center portion 1s ai lcleinp fordetocliiibly engaging a piller posi;

and a. portion of which is Iprovided with an internally reverselytapered opening.

4. A storage battery connector comprising a portion adapted forapplication and :1ttacliinent to a piller post and a portion having an'inernally reversely tapered opening and further provided oniblie bodyof the vlast mentioned porion with e tapped face portion.

5. A sorege battery connector comprising 25 .e structure of which thecenfer portion is 'ai clamp lfor detecliably engaging a piller post ande. portion of which 1s provided with 35 an internally reversely taperedopening and i faced end Wells.

l VVLLAM H. PALMER, JR.

l/Vitnesses;

il. H. TRACY, WM. C. DU Bois.

